Indiana COA allows woman to establish maternity

February 22nd, 2010 admin

I got notice of this from The Indiana Lawyer and I am relying on its COA allows woman to establish maternity . Not the usual material for this blog but I find it intriguing – if for nothing else it shows how family law does get into the cutting edge of social change and how the court use old tools to meet new uses. “The Indiana Court of Appeals reversed the denial of an agreed petition to establish …


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